Kuisma Taipale

Kuisma Taipale
Country Finland
Born (1970-02-15) February 15, 1970 (age 54)
Veteli, Finland
Ski clubVetelin Urheilijat
World Cup career
Seasons17 – (1991–2007)
Indiv. starts70
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts19
Team podiums3
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (56th in 1996)
Discipline titles0

Kuisma Taipale (born 15 February 1970 in Veteli) is a Finnish cross-country skier. He represented Finland at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he competed in the 15 km, the 50 km, and the relay.[1]

He is the son of Hannu Taipale.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
2002 32 30 — — 47 — 11

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1993 23 — — — 16 — — —
1999 29 — — — 31 DNF — —
2003 33 — — 26 33 — — 6

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski
1991 21 NC — — — — —
1992 22 NC — — — — —
1993 23 NC — — — — —
1994 24 72 — — — — —
1995 25 NC — — — — —
1996 26 56 — — — — —
1997 27 85 — 61 — 64 —
1998 28 NC — NC — — —
1999 29 110 — NC — — —
2000 30 110 — NC 63 — —
2001 31 NC — — — — —
2002 32 112 — — — NC —
2003 33 89 — — — — —
2004 34 NC NC — — — —
2005 35 145 92 — — — —
2006 36 NC NC — — — —
2007 37 NC NC — — — —

Team podiums

  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1993–94 4 March 1994 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 3rd Kuusisto / Hietamäki / Heiskanen
2  1997–98  23 November 1997 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Isometsä / Kirvesniemi / Repo
3  2002–03  1 December 2002 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 2 × 5 km / 2 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Välimaa / Lassila / Jauhojärvi

References

  1. ^ "Profile: Kuisma Taipale". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Athlete : TAIPALE Kuisma". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 24 April 2018.


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